Mood

This stone-cold killer classic is now 25 years old. A full quarter of a century. To mark the anniversary it gets a special new reissue on vinyl. It was about as epic as debut albums get when first dropped by the American hip hop group on September 23, 1997. It has production by Hi-Tek and guest appearances on the mic by Talib Kweli as well as the Wu-Tang-affiliated group Sunz of Man, so all those artists bring their own rich influences to the melting pot of beats. All these years later it remains a cult classic.